Hexagon 2.5.2.109, General Release!

Highlights:

Below are highlights that pertain to the current Hexagon General Release. We have updates planned for Hexagon in Q1 2018 that include (but are not limited to) 64-bit support, but our current focus is on improving stability. Our plans for Hexagon in 2018 (and the future) are for it to be a key and growing component of our free software offering.

Installation

The General Release can be installed and co-exist along side the Public Build

Separate application and content packages can now be downloaded/installed using Daz Install Manager (DIM)

Stability

Many changes have been made to the core code that are targeted specifically at improving stability

Identified and eliminated various crashes

Identified and eliminated various memory leaks

Performed significant amounts of static code analysis and code maintenance

Hexagon News

A new informational dialog has been added that displays the latest news about Hexagon development

The dialog contains an option that prevents the same news from being displayed more than once

Edit > Preference Editor > User Interface > Misc contains two options; one that controls whether or not Hexagon News is checked at all, and one that prevents the same news from being displayed more than once

I'm finding this version of Hexagon less stable then the public beta release. It crashes frequently so I went back to using the public beta release which is as stable as a finely tuned small block Chevy V8....

I'm finding this version of Hexagon less stable then the public beta release. It crashes frequently so I went back to using the public beta release which is as stable as a finely tuned small block Chevy V8....

That is odd as theya re the same code - the diffrences are just wher the files are, and where they look for their settings. If you are seeing markedly different behaviour it may be worth checking to see if your security software is handling the two differently, or if the application or support folders/files have different permissions.

I was expecting improved stability, after so many time without updates and... just opening and closing the program makes it crash!!!
My personal opinion as 12+ years of C++ proffesional developer: people of DAZ Studio, please implement unit automated test to check you do not break existing features! That's the very basics of software development Q&A...

Same thing for me, by example exporting "mouse.hxn" content file in carrara format with both public or general Hexagon version, result a I/O error when importing in Carrara 8.5.1 pro, also opening and closing Hexagon (public and general) result a crash when closing the application by the menu and the cross button.

I was expecting improved stability, after so many time without updates and... just opening and closing the program makes it crash!!!
My personal opinion as 12+ years of C++ proffesional developer: people of DAZ Studio, please implement unit automated test to check you do not break existing features! That's the very basics of software development Q&A...

People were reporting improved stability with the beta, and not (at least in public) reporting issues - that's why that version was promoted to a general release. If you are seeing crashes please report them to Daz, via a support ticket.

I would avoid making assumptions about what Daz does or doesn't do for testing in general - though i dos eem to recall references to unit testing in the DS change logs at least.

This is wonderful news, thank you Daz for updating and integrating Hexagon into the free package. Now we can truly say that Daz Studio is a 3D Modelling software---with Hexagon now in the picture. Smart. Good thinking Daz team for making Daz more marketable and attractive to the masses. Even though C4D is my main modeling program of choice, I will take another look at the Hexagon again since it is now being supported and updated.

Now all we need is a UI update to make Hexagon more seamless with DS... change the old blue and grey colors to Daz's City Limits colors (ot at least make it an option), and that would help continuity b/t the two programs.